Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah is as demonstrative as they come on the court, but the big man is retiring his finger guns celebration in the wake of the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut.

Joakim Noah will not celebrate with his finger guns after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. (AP photo)

“It wasn’t just what happened in Connecticut," Noah said. "You just have to be kind of compassionate about what’s going on, man. We have issues with guns. Gun violence in this country is out of control and you’ve just got to be sensitive to that. I love this country. This country did so much for me.

"But I think it’s important to be more critical and we have issues. I feel just as American as I do French and the issues are complicated, but you’ve got to be sensitive and a lot of kids are dying. In Chicago, a lot of kids are dying in the streets, so that’s why I’m not doing that anymore.”